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"Brothers are Monsters" is a Season 6 episode of Rugrats.
Characters Present[]
Character Introduced[]
Summary[]
When Stu makes a comment about older brothers are "monsters" (referring to Drew of course), the Rugrats take him literally. So, when Tommy accidentally scares Dil and Chuckie as he pretends to be a wolf, the babies begin to think that Stu might be right. Is Tommy turning into a monster? When Spike (1991)'s shedding hair combines with some split juice on Tommy's body, he certainly begins to look like one! Can the Rugrats help him turn back to normal? - Description from Klasky Csupo
Plot[]
The Rugrats act out different animals. Tommy plays a wolf but thinks Dil thought he was a dog as Dil makes a sound that sounds like "Doggy". Chuckie plays a cat and Phil plays a bug on its back and Lil plays as a rooster.
Nearby, the babies overhear Betty talking about the twins meeting Frederick, her older brother who used to play rough with them as kids. Stu says older brothers are monsters, which worries the kids at first, but don’t think that it applies to Tommy. So, they immediately shrug it off and go back to their game.
While doing so though, Tommy begins to lose a bit of his self-control as he then chases Chuckie around the yard and into a bush. Dil still thinks Tommy is a dog despite him stating he’s a wolf. After Tommy angrily yells at Dil, Dil feels scared and cries. Didi then takes Dil away to calm him down, leaving Tommy guilty over what happened. The babies are all left confused and puzzled. Then Tommy comes to a conclusion that maybe he’s turning into a monster.
Later, after the Rugrats' nap, Didi gives the Rugrats juice and cookies; the Rugrats eat theirs right away, but Tommy was still sleeping. Spike then knocks the Juicebox over, causing it to spill on Tommy. In addition, Spike’s fur begins to shed and stick to Tommy because of the juice. Just as he wakes up, his friends become shocked at his ‘fuzzy’ appearance. Tommy thinks he really is a monster. Thinking of monsters as mean, scary and destructive, all because he thinks he hurt Dil's feelings, he asks the others to lock him up in the playpen.
After locking him up, Tommy gives the others his screwdriver to prevent him from escaping. Chuckie decides to stay close to Tommy and keep watch while the twins give Tommy some animal crackers to snack on. But while he is eating, Spike sheds some more and some of the fur lands on Tommy’s nose, making him sneeze and knock over his inflatable Reptar.
Worried that he’s becoming worse, Tommy tells the others to leave. However, while they oblige, his friends refuse to abandon him, as he never left them behind. So, they get an idea to find flowers to decorate the playpen. Meanwhile, Tommy finds Dil’s binky and washes it down with the garden hose, which also washes the fur and juice off him.
Just then, Betty's brother, Freddie, pays a visit and turns out to be nice, to which Betty says that brothers don't stay monsters forever, which relieves the kids. They go back to Tommy and discover that he’s not a monster anymore and thus set him free. Freddie adds that older sisters can be monsters, which scares Phil.
Trivia/Goofs[]
- This episode marks the first and only appearance of Phil and Lil's Uncle Freddy.
- When Chuckie crawls away from the playpen, along when Chuckie, Phil, and Lil look back at Tommy, the playpen was slightly open but when Tommy got his screwdriver back from Chuckie and went to open the playpen, it was closed all the way.
- During the beginning of the episode, Chuckie states that Lil is pretending to be a rooster. However, roosters are male chickens, while Lil is a female.
- Despite being a Season 6 episode, this episode appears on the Season 7 DVD.
- Morals:
- Words can hurt other people's feelings.
- Older siblings can be rough sometimes, but they are still family.
- Everyone loses self-control sometimes, but it doesn’t make you a bad person.